Vel'Koz vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Vel'Koz
based on 1,030 Vel'Koz vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Qiyana
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Vel'Koz vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Vel'Koz against Qiyana matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Qiyana..
Vel'Koz often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Qiyana. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Qiyana?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Qiyana, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Qiyana.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Qiyana, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Qiyanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Qiyana matchups, Qiyana is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Qiyana. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Qiyana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically picks up less CS compared to Qiyana. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Qiyana build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Qiyana than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Qiyana with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Qiyana as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Vel'Koz vs Qiyana LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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